Evergreen Museum -- Spruce Goose
Lil, Zip, Ethel, Howard, Ethel
7/6/05
Lunch at GV Brew Pub

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This is the pit and supports upon which the Goose is resting in the museum.
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Rose and Howard Bangert, from Millville, New Jersey.
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Lil, Howard, Zip and Rose [tops of their heads] watching the journey of the Goose from California to Oregon.
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Howard, Zip and Rose watching the video of the Goose's journey to McMinnville, in several sections [the Goose; not the movie . . .]
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Radio controlled model of Goose used in the Aviator movie with Leonard Decaprio.
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Standing in the middle of the Goose's belly looking toward the back of the plane.
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Looking toward the nose of the plane. Spiral steps to right go up to pilots cockpit.
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Watching the video. Helicoptors hanging from the ceiling.
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Impressive bomber.
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Rose and Howard standing under Goose's wing next to the SR-71 Blackbird [travels at 2000 mph].
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Howard looking at the underbelly of the SR-71 Blackbird.
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Standing under the Goose with stealth plane in view and 114-foot long Titan II missile.
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An USAF jet trainer.
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Tail of the SR-71 Blackbird in background as Howard and Rose read about another plane.
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Vineland and Millville, New Jersey visitors to Evergreen Museum.
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Long-time Jersey friends, Howard, Rose, Zip and Lil
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Ethel, Zip and Lil
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Lil and Zip with a very famouse airplane -- one of the Flying Tigers. His uncle was a member of the group.
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Lil and Zip. The planes are beautifully restored and maintained.
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Ethel by German plane.
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A German fighter.
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A ships bell.
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Rusty hulk, part of a plane they'd like to find more of and restore.
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Rose and Howard.
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Rose and Howard, Flying Tiger plane.
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Rose: almost all of the Goose in this picture.
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Planes hang from ceiling and everywhere.
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Zip enjoying a video about the planes.
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Ethel sitting in the B17 waiting to go forward to see more of plane.
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Waiting to see rest of the inside of the B17.
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Yo Elsie! I got to be a waist gunner in the B17!
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Radio area of B17. See the CW key on "desk"? I operated one when I was a WAVE
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This is the B17 belly gunner compartment/torret. Not me baby! Not for a jillion dollars.
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Nose gunner got every place first ahead of the rest in the plane.
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Neat little compact plane.
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Here ya go Rose, still getting a picture of all of the Goose.
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Rose wanted me to be sure and get a picture of the Spruce Goose. Well, I couldn't get it all in one picture so here is the big belly part!
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After Goose visit, went to Golden Valley Pub for "lupper".
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Great meal and we ate outside.
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Lil had salmon cakes and I had a pan fried oyster sanwich. Great meal with good friends.